BRISTOL -- Patrick O'Leary re-entered the game in the fifth inning and crushed a two-out, two-run home run to help lift Fairfield American to a 7-4 win over Shelburne, Vt., in its second game Saturday of the New England Regional Little League Tournament.

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Tom Ryan followed O'Leary's heroics with a solo blast to center to make it a 7-4 game. the winning score and evening Fairfield's tourney record at 1-1 in the regional tourney. The locals had lost to Rhode Island, 2-0, on Friday night.

O'Leary made things interesting for Fairfield American when he came on to pitch in the top of the sixth. But after he walked William Hesslink to load the bases with two outs, O'Leary got Nick Fecteau to strike out swinging, ending the game.

Although O'Leary showed signs of shakiness, Daley said he was confident his reliever would get the save.

"You never want to go down 0-2 in pool play so this took some pressure off of us," said Daley, whose team lost Friday to Cumberland, R.I., in its tournament opener. "This was a big win for us."

Fairfield American has Sunday off and will face Portsmouth, N.H., at 8 p.m. Monday in Bristol.

After Shelburne took a 3-0 lead on a first-inning solo shot by Rayne Supple and back-to-back homers by Andrew Pitcher and Supple in the third, the Fairfield offense went to work.

Shelburne pitcher Rayne Supple walked the bases loaded to start the bottom of the third. Jack Quinn ripped a grounder that handcuffed Shelburne second baseman Will Ryan and allowed Tom Ryan to score.

Nate Ryan followed with an infield single to bring Chris Howell across the plate, and Nick Nardone scored to tie the game on a wild pitch. Wurzel then grounded out to score Quinn, giving Fairfield a 4-3 lead.

Shelburne loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fourth. But Nardone got the second out with a perfect throw to the plate to catcher Connor Daley, and relief pitcher Eddie Magi got Ireland to strike out on an offspeed pitch to end the threat.